أصلا

See also: اصلاً

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of أَصْل (ʾaṣl, origin, original).

Adverb

أَصْلاً (ʾaṣlan)

  1. originally
    أَنَا أَصْلاً مِنْ بَغْداد.
    ʾanā ʾaṣlan min baḡdād.
    I’m originally from Baghdad.
  2. at all; in the first place
    لِماذَا فَعَلْتَ ذٰلِكَ أَصْلاً؟
    limāḏā faʿalta ḏālika ʾaṣlan?
    Why did you do that in the first place?
  3. anyway
    خُذْهُ، لَا أُرِيدُهُ أَصْلاً.
    ḵuḏhu, lā ʾurīduhu ʾaṣlan.
    Take it, I don’t want it anyway.
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